Support networks and health-related change in the elderly: Theory-based nursing strategies
Family & Community HealthPublished 1 August 1987
Gretchen Crawford
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The nursing strategies proposed to promote health through strengthening support networks are based on the integration of social support theories with crisis changes or healthpromoting life-style changes in the elder-
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Associate Professor and Nurse Researcher, School of Nursing, The University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut
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